Reel.



G. H. UOWGILL.-

REEL.

APPLIoATIoN FILED SEPT. 1, 1910.

Patented Ja11.2, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

G. H. COWGILL.

REEL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1910,

Patented Jan. 2, 191,2.4

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 the reel.

verse sectional view of the same.

To all @hom-it may concern: Y

GUY H. COWGILL, OF HERMITAGE, TENNESSEE.

REEL.

Speoication of Letters Patent.

Y Patented J an. 2, 1912.,

Application led September 1, 191.0. Serial No. 580,069.

Be it known that I, GUY H. CoweiLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hermitage, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawlngs.

This invention relates to improvements in reels of that class employed for carrying and paying out or winding coils of wire such as are employed for fencing and for bale tylng purposes.

One object of my invention is to effect improvements inthe construction of the frame in which the reel or spool element is mounted. v Another object is to provide improved bearings for the shaft of the reel or spool element, which bearings admit of the reel being-readily mounted therein, or dismountedtherefom.

Another object is to effect improvements in the construction of the heads of the reel or spool element.

Another object is to effect improvements inthe construction of the reel, whereby the heads thereof are enabled to be detached from each other, and also from the supporting shaft or axle, to enable a coil. to be placed on or removed from the reel. I y

Another object. is to effect improvements in the construction'of the reel heads and in the construction of thev cross bars or wire suppo devices which connect the reel heads so t at the said cross bars may be ad, justed radially toward or from the center of the reel as may be required by the interior diameter of the wire coil to be mounted on Another object of my invention is to provide'improved means to prevent casual rotation of the reel. v

With the above and other objects vin view, my inventioneonsists lin the construction, combination and arrangement `of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingsf-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a reel constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is partlyan end elevation and partl a trans- 3 is a det-ail horizontal sectional` view on al ar er scale', andl on'th'eplane indicated by the line v 3-3 of 2. 4` isadetail perspective 'in the oppesin?V d view of the hub, central or spider member f of one ofthe reel heads, also showing the in-' ner portlons of the spokes connected thereto. Fig. 5 1s a detail perspective view of one of the cross bars which connect the heads of the reel to ether. 6 is a detail sectional View o one of the reel bearings.

I will first describe the frame in which my improved reel is mounted. A pair of longitudinally disposed spaced barsl havetheirends secured in the rabbets in the transversely disposed end pieces 2. Supporting and adjusting screws 3 enter the end pieces from the under sides and near the ends thereof and form supports for the reel frame and may be adjusted as may be required to support the frame in a level position on uneven ground. The said end pieces are also each provided at one end with a. hook bolt 4 for use in securing the reel frame 4011 a baling press in the event that it is desired to use the reel in connection with a baling press. The bars 1 maybe of any suita e length ,according to the number of reels to be mounted on the frame. For the purposes of this specification, the bars are shown as of sufficient len th to enable two reels to be mounted on the rame.

' In connection with the bars 1, I employ as manyl pairs of vertical standards 5 as may be required to carry the reels. Each standard has a. tenen 6 4formed at its lower end adapted to en age vertical rabbets 7 si es of the bars 1, and shou ers 8 to bear on said bars. lts, screws or otherl suitable fasrovidin uitable tenin `devices extend through the bars 1 and t e said tenons and hence secure the standards rmly in place on the said bars 1.

The inner members of the pairs of standards are in mutual contact as shown and 'each standard is provided on its inner side at its upper end with a recess 10. A lbearin block 11 is employed in connection wit each standard, each bearing block comprising abase section 12, and an u per section l13, one end of which is pivota y connected to one end of the base section, so that the upper section may bevdisposed on the base section or o n upwardly and outwardly therefrom. ebase section is providediat .the 'end `opposite that to which the upper sectionis .pivotally colmected with a vertical recess 14 inwh'ch is dispos d the lower end of a bolt 15, which bo t 1s mounted on a pivot 16 so that it may-swing in a vertical plane. 'The free end of the upper section 13 has a recess 17 for the reception of the bolt 15, and the latter has a Winged nut 18 which may be adjusted to bear on the free end of the upper section 13 so as to lock the latter'in closed position on the base section 12. The depth of the recess 10 is such that when the section 13 is closed, its upper side is liush or substantially so, with the upper end of the standard. A bearing opening 19 extends transversely through the bearing block 11 and is formed Withv one half in the base section and the other half in the hinged or pivoted section 13. The bearing blocks are for the reception of the ends of the shafts 20 on which the reels are mounted and owing to the provision of the hinged or pivoted upper sections of the bearings, it

will be understood that the reel shafts with the reels thereon may be readily mounted on thebearings or detached therefrom. As hereinbefore indicated, any desired number of the reels may be employed in connection with the frame. For the urposes of this specification two of the ree s are shown as thus mounted. Both the reels are alike in construction, and hence I will describe only one of them. The heads of the reel comprise a central, hub or spider member 21 and reel arms or spokes 22. The arms 23 of the spiderl members are radial and are provided in their outer sides with radial recesses 24 for the reception of the inner ends of the spokes or arms 22, said spokes or arms being secured by means of bolts 25. Each reel has a hub sleeve 26 extending outwardly therefrom, and also extending inwardly therefrom, and the inner ends of the said hub sleeves are recessed longitudinally on opposite sides so as to form an overlapping ]omt 27 between them. The shaft passes through the said hub sleeves and the latter' are secured vto the shaft independently of each other by means of setscrews 28 or other suitable devices, and hence both the heads are detachably mounted on the shafts, and either head may be disconnected from the other and from the shaft as will be understood.

The cross bars 30 on whichthe wire coils are disposed are yeach provided at one end wlth a radial inwardly extending angle arm 31, which bears against the inner side of one of the s okes or arms of one of the heads, and is provlded with a slot 32 for the receptlon of a bolt 33 which may be placed in any one of a number of adjusting openings 34 with which the said arm or support is provided. Hence the said cross bars are adjustably connected to the spokes or arms of one of the reel heads, and may be adjusted radlally and disposed at an desired ance' from the center of the ree according to the -inner diameter of the coil or bundle of wire.v to be mounted on the reel. The outer end' of each cross barv 30 isformed with a stud said arms or spokes. Annular rims 38 are' secured on the outer sides'of the spokes of the respective heads of the reel at the outer ends of said spokes and one of the rims is provided with a suitablenumber of peripheral stops 39.

To prevent casual rotation of the reels I provide in connection with each of them a brake device which I will now describe. A

curved arm 40 is hinged at its lower end to a plate 41 which may be securedl by means of screws or other suitable devices, to the under side of one of the bars 1 of the reel frame. A coil spring 42 has one end connected to the upper side of the said bar and the other end connected to the said arm 40 and serves to normally draw the said arm to the said rim and keep it pressed against the periphery thereof, so that one of the stolps 39 by engagement with the said arm Wil prevent the reel from rotating. The said arm 40 has at its free end a stop bar 43 which extends laterally therefrom, and across the periphery of the rim which is provided with the stops 39, and the said stop bar is also long enough to extend 'entirely across the'reel from one head thereof to they other. The wire paid out or unreeled from the reel passes through a slot 43 in the said stop bar and hence when the wire is 'under tension it moves the arm 40 outwardly4 the stop bar 43 with one of the stops 39, and l hence prevent the reel from casually turning. The standards 5 are 'provided with outwardly extending handles 44 which are used for moving the reel from place to place.

Inasmuch as the reelis detachably mountedin its supporting bearings and also com'- prlses a pair of detachably connected heads one of which has the cross bars 30 or Wire coll supporting devices, it will be understood that a wire coil may readily be mounted upon or removed from the reel.

I claim :f -f

'Ihe herein described reel comprising a pau' of spiders each having radial arms provided with longitudinal channels on their inner sides, the said slpidersbeing further provided With sleeve ub members detachably connected together, a common axle'shaft extending through said sleeve hub members, means securing Vthe sleeve hub members to the shaft, reel arms having their inner ends secured in the channels of the spider arms, the reel arms of one of the heads having a series of openings, and cross bars each having one end disposed in one of said openings and provided at the opposite end with a7 right angled arm detachably and adjustably 10 connected to one of the other head. 'In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix vmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GUY H. COWGILL. Witnesses CECIL HARPER,V I DoRsEY CoRLnY.

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